Improvement in machines for driving hoops onto casks or barrels



l du Lae,in the county of Fond du'Lac and State'- V y'y, Fia- 2- a manentlyikeyeda head, c, provided with a series of Vradial arbn,

nisievurebyapr y These drivers may be of wood, their lower ends l being shod with meta-l,and theends of the a 'of beingraised and lowered with the greatest' y iaciltyjfand also of being forced down upon UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE. t l

v J. A.` LOOMIS, FOND DU LAC, WISGONSIhL .l

, IMPROVEMENT iN MACHINES ron D'mvmGHooPs oNTo cAsKsoReARnELs; i 1

` Specification forming part'of Letters Patent-.N

i February To allwhom 'it'may camera:

` Be it knownthat I, J. A. LOOMIs, of Fond of Wisconsin, have invented a new andimproved Hoop-Driving Machine; and I do here- Vby declare that the. `following is a fullclear, and exactdescril'ition thereot', which will enable'those skilled in the art to make an'duse the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which'- ,i a. l l

Figure l `'s a side view of my invention 5 Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line .fr Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical section of a .portion effthe same, taken in the'line Similar letters'of ret'ei ence ind spending parts. 4

j `'.lhisinveJi tion relates to a new and improved device for driving hoops on casks, whereby .the work may he do'nein avery rapid and perfeet manner.

' Theinven-tlon consists in the employment or use of al series of drivers arranged in such amanner as to encompass the cask on which .the hoops areto be driven, and to be capable icate correthe hoopsl in order that the samemay be'snugly adjusted upon the' cash. With 'these drivers. there is Valso employed a ring or band to aid in adjusting th'e-chinefhoops on the cas'k.

Arepresentsan upright or standard,which isfsecnred to a proper base and has two pairs of horizontal arms, B, permanently attached to it, one pair .hein g above the other. as shownin Fig, 1.'. y Bx representsa vertical slimngjnar,which is tte'din `the armsB B andilowed toslide freely up (and down. This'bar has aweight 0,." attached to it by a cord, a, the latter pass ing over pulleys b b, the' weight having a .tendency to keep the bar B* elevated. l i `To the lower end'of the bar-B-x thereisper'- d, oneaeh of whichthere or 1pivot, e, a driver, D.'

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arms d are fitted in mortises madein tliedrivl ers a short' distance below` as shown clearly inFigs. land 3.`

.To the upper end of eacl driver hoops are -to be driven. y y F representsa metal band are opposite their upper ends,`

a Dineren" `:,ittachedaspring,E. `'lheses[`)riugs bearnpon i" the arms d and serye to counteract or resist the]` 11 l l moving'outward of the lower ends ofthedriv` l l ers, which are in the form-of a circle,,so` that they may encompass the cash" on Awhich l the f ,whichifs-attached l to the lower endsof pendants e, securedto thejf "j i. lower pair of` arms, B,'and to this bandF there4 a are attachedaseriesof pendent bars, G, which" i to or in line witlitlie-driversl), i l fone with each driver.-

f The upper end of` thierba-rBxisprovided" with a horizontal arm, H,to which-airea.dle,l 1

co-mental by i I, on the base ofthe machine, is Aa rod, J, as shown in Fig ."1`

0n oueofthe lower pal placed a shaft, K, on whichfa pinion, e", is y end of a. rod,"N, the opposite fend ofjwhichis keyed, said pinion gearingintoatoothed wheelff; y L, the shaftM of which is ittedinuprightsfj the lower ends of the latter working on a shalt,"l l i t y g, in the lower arms, B B.` d `lllnelipper ends of f l w 7 the uprightsf are'eonuected hypivotsftoone `1 a lever, P, which has itsfulcrurnfpinj in one of the uprights f.

The shaft Mhas a pinion, kynponpit,"which,V s f I when the device is at.;worlgjgearslinto afraggkgy Q, attached to the upright-har BafThispinf l ion Vk may he thrown in and "ont'ogeargwith` l the 'rack Qfhy moving ,the lever-1P, the latter, f @1I 1. 'when its'onter end is down; andjiittednnderaf i catch, R, holding k outiromQ."'(SeewEigl-L) C The cask` S, on which-"the hoopsfareyto be, driven,is placed in `an uprightposition onlthef i l base of the machine, wint `itsftemmmune 1x i i with the center of the circle in-which the'drivggf o; l ers D are placed, the latter" beinggkept in an y t l elevated state above the caslr` by the weight G. i i y The upright le.` has a' horizontalf'bar, T, 'attached to it, theouter endlofgwhichisforked l a and bent or lcurved to serve `as a guide for placf` guide for the drivers.

, lever Peis actuated, so as to throw the pinion J eX out of gear with the rack Q, andthe weight C instantly raises the drivers D out of the way above the cask and asecond hoop is placed on the cask and driven upon it, as before.

In driving the chine-hoops 1 employ a metal ring, U, which is'tted on the end ofthe oask, as shown clearly in Fig. 3, and serves as a This ring is essential,

especially for the' extreme end hoops, as will be seen Yby referring to'Fig. 3. Whenthe drivers are elevatedthependants G causel The lower ends ofthe drivers them to expand, so that they will be free or ont from the cask and allowed, in descending', to y adjust themselves to the cash-without coming in contact with its end.

I claim as vnew and desire to secure by Let;

ters Patentl. The combination ot' the drivers D, springs A `E, yand toothed blr Bx Q, when constructed as and for the purposes herein described.

2. The rack Qon the bar BX, Athe gearing c" L K, treadle I, and weight C, all arranged to operate as described. v

3. The band F, with the pendants G Aattached, acting on the projecting upper ends of the pivoted drivers D when elevated, vas herein described.

"4. The ring U, in combination with the drivers D, substantially as and for the'purpose yset forth.

` J. A. LOOMIS.

Witnesses:

R. P. EATON, W. F. KELLoGG. 

